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    Cathedral of Saint Sophia, the Holy Wisdom of God (Russian: Кафедральный собор Софии Премудрости Божией) in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, is the cathedral...
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    Holy Wisdom of God, similar to the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv and Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod. After building his own cathedral, Vseslav, who...
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  • by him in St Sophia Cathedral he had built in Novgorod. His sarcophagus is in a niche on the south side of the main body of the cathedral overlooking the...
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  • Novgorod (11th century), a church in Novgorod Saint Sophia Cathedral, Pushkin (1788), a cathedral in Pushkin, St. Petersburg Saint Sophia Cathedral,...
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    son, Vladimir of Novgorod, sponsored construction of the great Saint Sophia Cathedral, more accurately translated as the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom, which...
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  • either Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev or Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod. Ingegerd initiated the building of the Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev...
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    central part of Veliky Novgorod after the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The Saint Nicholas Cathedral is on the World Heritage list as a part of object 604 Historic...
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  • Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine Saint Sophia Cathedral, London, United Kingdom Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Russia Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk, considered...
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    line of forts. He was a patron of literary culture, sponsoring the construction of Saint Sophia Cathedral in 1037 and promoting the first work of Old East...
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    torment of our purple mantle and our crown! Despite his reproof of the archbishop, Ivan still demanded that he be taken to the Saint Sophia Cathedral for...
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    and Novgorod. Sophia was officially acclaimed in Pskov, and she impressed onlookers by the way she thanked the public for the celebrations. Sophia finally...
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    Reserve. The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod is the oldest Christian church in Russia with the exception of the Caucasus area. Since Novgorod was not affected...
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  • the Millennium of Russia monument. Seeking the whereabouts of the Saint Sophia bells, they gather civilians in St. George’s Cathedral of the Yuriev Monastery...
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    22444; 39.88250 Saint Sophia Cathedral (Russian: Софийский собор) is the oldest surviving building in the city of Vologda and the main church of the Vologda...
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    Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar, and possibly Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid, Bulgaria were built still in the 9th century. Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Saint...
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    The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt (Russian: Морской Никольский собор, Morskoj Nikol'skij sobor) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral built in...
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    supremacy of the boyars. The Cathedral of St. Sophia – the main ecclesiastic establishment of Novgorod – was their chief rival in terms of landownership...
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    extending over the area and eventually acquiring 25 domes. Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod (1045–1050),[citation needed] on the other hand, expressed...
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    Russian five-ruble banknote (category Currencies of Russia)
    the Millennium of Russia with Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod in the background. On the reverse is the fortress wall of the Novgorod Kremlin. The Volkhov...
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  • Cathedral, St. Petersburg Smolny Convent, near St. Petersburg Sophia Cathedral, Sophia, near St. Petersburg Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Novgorod Saint Sophia...
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    The church of Saint Sophia is believed to have been founded by the merchants from the city of Novgorod, where the Saint Sophia Cathedral is the main...
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  • Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia, also rendered Saint Sophia) include: Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holy Wisdom churches. Sophia of Rome#Churches, for...
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    Ilya of Novgorod, also known as Ioann (John) of Novgorod (Russian: Иоанн Новгородский, his name upon entering the Great Schema and the name by which he...
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    for the icon of Holy Wisdom in Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod (16th century), but represented by the older icon in the Cathedral of the Annunciation...
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    Novgorod the Great and builder of the original wooden Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod Irenarch of Rostov, a 16th-century hermit of Rostov, mystic and visionary...
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    Novgorod. After its surrender to Moscow, Pskov fared far better than Novgorod, declaring acceptance of Muscovite rule in 1510. Saint Sophia Cathedral...
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    Polotsk (redirect from History of Polotsk)
    Polotsk part of the former. The city's Saint Sophia Cathedral (1044–1066) was a symbol of the independent-mindedness of Polotsk, rivaling churches of the same...
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    of ? (probably of Drutsk). Roman perished either in Ryazan or Murom. His widow became a nun and lived in Polotsk, Saint Sophia Cathedral, where she opened...
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    not only located in another part of the city, but is part of a different national sanctuary than Saint Sophia Cathedral. While being a cultural attraction...
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    Yaroslav's Court (category Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings)
    the Saint Nicholas Cathedral was built at the court. The cathedral is intact and is the second oldest building in Novgorod after the Saint Sophia Cathedral...
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